The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-12-29
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Treated by gory Omeiai<.
A reporter had an interesting 10
teryicw with recent arriral in the eitv
from the County Wexford. ireland. who
has felt the Inconvenience of sleeping
on 3 plank bed and living on prison
fare for using in the course Of q publie
speech q quotation from Lord Byron'S
dramatic poem ~ .aCain "
Il viii be something new 70 the Gen
eral public 10 learn that the author Of
-<sbilde Harold aud Don JUAN
SrOte treason against the English gov
eminent. though there can be little
Doubt but such catholic lover Of free
dom rs 'Thc noblest Of all GoTtlOns''
would. IL alive to-dsy. BE- rs warm =
sympaihizer with the Irish people as
his granddaughter and her husband.
Sir Wilfrid Blunt Lady Blunt is the
daughter q Byrun's only child whom
be loved with a passionate fondness
which he has immortalized in the OPEN
ing line Of one Of the eantOs Of .-Childe
Harold"
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the gentleman above referred 20. is the
same IS that accorded 30 all Irishmen
thrown into prison. The details Of an
Irish patriots life in an English prison
IN ireland will be read with something
approaching 10 incredibly by the
American people.
81 was arrested. said Mr.. Heating.
for using language which was as
serted TO he q violation Of The seventh
section Of the Grimes act Of 1882. The
language for which was arrested and
incarcerated As 4 common criminal for
one month is q simple quotation from
Byron referring 20 notorious land
grabber and cruel exterminator In the
neighborhoOd Of DaVidstDwn. the place
where 1 made the speech I quoted
from Cain" the well-knOwn curse:
Nay the grass Wither from his feet.
The woods denv him shelter. the earth home.
The sun rs light and heaven lis God
"Of cnurse / only used that quotation
In the peroratiOn Of my speech | vas
promptly arrested aud tried at the petty I
sessions at Enniscorthy. place famed /
In the rebellion Of 1898. The magis-
trates who tried me were two crown
otiicials-one r. r. Kennedy. the reg
lar stipendiary Of the place. and the
other Captain KeOgh-who were I'M
ported from Dundalk. in the North Of
Ireland. 70 assist at the mock trial
Captain keOgh is 4 brother Of the infa-
nous Judge Of the same nams who
committed suicide some years ago. and
has borne the title Of the Irish Jeffries.'
Il dare say you would like to hear
my treatment IN the Wexford jsil. For
the thirty-One days ] was there / spent
twenty-five hours out Of every twenty
four alone in my cell. which measured
fourteen fset by seven. and was lighted
by a small iron-baFred window about a
foot square. had hard plank bed 70
sleep upon. with a thin blanket to cover
me. For food ! got eight ounces of
black bread and q pint Of water for
breakfast half-pint Of vegetable soup
At dinner, and eight ounces Of black
bread and another pint Of water for
supper This was all | got the first
week, aud was By way Of initiation into
the mystery Of living without nourish-
msnt The second week. and during
he remainder Of my work, my daily
allowance Of bread WAS reduced TO SIX
'unces in the morning and in the even
ng with & halt-pint Of coffee without
iugar or milk. During my entire stay !
n jail never got asiBgis atom Of meat
IT any thing else but what have told !
'Ou. need scarcely add that looked !
Ike a ghost when ! came out, but bad {
8 / was ! was able 10 quote Byron 4
gain and use stronger language than
e ever wrote against the English b
tyranny IN ireland. o
81 don't think told you that during u
he two hours / had freedom from my g
ell each day l was engaged breaking
lone in the prison yard. When In the 81
ell ] had three pounds Of oakum to | A
lex daily, so had plenty to do. Every a
risoner sent up for month gets eT-
ctly the same treatment as / did, but a
lose whose terms are longer get little u
ore food. You can now imagine what b
sople get for telling the truth IN Ire e.
nd about the manner in which the m
'untrF is robbed by the landlords. and d,
ushed 70 the earth by English Of Ia
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